River
River is a village and civil parish in Kent, England, situated very close to the historic town of Dover, the town centre of which is only 2 miles to the south, and the neighbouring village of Temple Ewell.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,730 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Kent, England
- Also known as: “River, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include River Dour and Kearsney railway station.
River Dour
River
The River Dour is a chalk stream in the county of Kent, England. It flows from the villages of Temple Ewell and River between which is a neighbourhood served by a railway station, Kearsney.
Kearsney railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kearsney railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves Kearsney and Temple Ewell. It is 75 miles 9 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Shepherds Well and Dover Priory, the terminus.
Crabble Athletic Ground
Stadium
Photo: ChrisTheDude, CC BY 3.0.
The Crabble Athletic Ground, also known as simply Crabble, or The Crabble is a football stadium located in the northern Dover suburb of River, Kent. It was the home of the various incarnations of Dover F.C. from 1931 until the club folded in 1983.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kearsney and Temple Ewell.
Kearsney
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kearsney is a village in Kent, England. At one time it would have been called a hamlet, there being no church there. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Temple Ewell.
Temple Ewell
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Temple Ewell is a civil parish and historic village in the county of Kent, England. The village is part of the Dover district of Kent, and forms part of the Dover urban area.
Buckland
Suburb
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckland including Buckland Valley is a village near Dover, in the county of Kent, England. It is noted for the Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery whose finds now belong to the British Museum but are on display at Dover Museum.
River
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: River, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.14355° or 51° 8′ 37″ northLongitude
1.27415° or 1° 16′ 27″ eastPopulation
3,730Elevation
171 feet (52 metres)Open location code
9F3347VF+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 697169050OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2639301Wikidata ID
Q2784912
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“River” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “রিভার”
- Cebuano: “River (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “River”
- Chinese: “利华”
- Chinese: “利華”
- Chinese: “河”
- Dutch: “River”
- Finnish: “River”
- French: “River”
- German: “River”
- Gujarati: “રિવર”
- Irish: “River”
- Italian: “River (Kent)”
- Italian: “River”
- Japanese: “リバー”
- Kannada: “ರಿವರ್”
- Korean: “리버”
- Ladin: “River”
- Lithuanian: “Riveris”
- Polish: “River”
- Portuguese: “River”
- Russian: “Ривэ”
- Spanish: “River”
- Swedish: “River, Kent”
- Swedish: “River”
- Tamil: “ரிவர்”
- Telugu: “రివర్”
- Turkish: “River, Kent”
- Urdu: “ریور، کینٹ”
- Urdu: “ریور”
- Welsh: “River, Caint”
- Welsh: “River”
- “River”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “River”. Photo: JoshTilley, CC BY-SA 4.0.